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4 paź 2024 · Treatment for bronchiectasis aims to reduce chest infections and symptoms, improve quality of life and lower a person’s likelihood of complications, like reduced lung function.
Treatment for bronchiectasis aims to reduce chest infections and symptoms, improve quality of life and lower a person’s likelihood of complications, like reduced lung function.
British Thoracic Society Guideline for bronchiectasis in adults Adam T Hill, 1 Anita L Sullivan,2 James D Chalmers,3 Anthony De Soyza,4 J Stuart Elborn,5 R Andres Floto,6,7 Lizzie Grillo,8 Kevin Gruffydd-Jones,9 Alex Harvey,10 Charles S Haworth,7 Edwin Hiscocks,11 John R Hurst,12 Christopher Johnson,7 W Peter Kelleher,13,14,15 Pallavi Bedi,16 Karen Payne,17
5 maj 2017 · Guidelines generally recommend treatment in several categories: chest clearance techniques that aim to improve mucociliary clearance and therefore reduce symptoms and risk of exacerbations; mucoactive drugs, which aim to improve expectoration; anti-inflammatory therapy (of which inhaled corticosteroids [ICS] are the only widely used anti ...
A stepwise management plan which sets out investigation and treatment of bronchiectasis patients according to severity. Definitions of severity of disease
Most patients with moderate and severe bronchiectasis should have 14 days of antibiotic therapy, although in patients with mild bronchiectasis a 7-day course may suffice. Advice to aid expectoration should be reinforced and the treatment plan reviewed, including the need for physiotherapy or secondary care re-referral.
The goals of treatment in bronchiectasis are to reduce symptoms, improve quality of life, reduce exacerbations, preserve lung function, prevent hospital admissions, and, when possible, reduce mortality.1,2 To date, evidence that any of the interventions commonly recommended for bronchiectasis achieves these goals is modest.1.
